Combined car heater and windshield cleaner



June 16, 1936. Q M WENDT ET AL 2,044,488

COMBINED CAR HEATER AND WINDSHIELD CLEANER Filed Nov, 8 1934 INVENTOR. Wauw M ws/wr my l0/m' CWM/10414 Patented June 16, 1936 A.

Wirtin STABS 2,044,488 COMBINED CAB HEATER AND Sib t charles M. Wendt, Flint, and John Chisholm,

Grand Blanc, Mich.

Application November s, 1934, serial no. '152,048 z claims. (ci. 2li-40.5)

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a combination car heater 'and wind` lo of a device of this class which will be simple of structure, economical of manufacture, durable and highly eilicient in use, compact, and easily installed.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination of and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to Ithe accompanying drawing .which forms a part of this specication, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a central vertical sectional view of the invention showing it installed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.A

5 Fig. 3 is avsectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line #-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6 6 oi Fig. 1'. s

As shown in the drawing the invention comprises a conduit 9 having an enlarged end portion I0 which embraces the exhaust manifold II of an engine with which used. This portion I0 is secured in position by the collar I2 having air inlet openings I3 formed therein. The conduit 9 communicates with a blower housing I4 having the 4c fan I5 mounted therein and operated by the electric motor I 6. An outlet conduit I1 communicates the housing with the interior of the heater i8 which is mounted on the top of the exhaust manifold Il, and in which are formed the partltion walls I9. An outlet conduit 20 communicates with the heater housing I8 and leads to the control housing 2I. Communicating with the valve housing 2| is a conduit 22, the end of which may be closed by the ap valve 23. This apvalve 23 is fixedly mounted on the rod 24, to which ls xedly attached the arm 25. This arm 25 is connected to the rod 26 which projects through the dash 21 of the vehicle, and through the instrument board 28. The end of the rod is provided :S with a knob 29. The construction is such that the flap 23 may be moved to engage the end of the conduit 22 so as to close the same and permit the hot air, driven through the conduit 20, to pass through the neck 30 into the distributing housing 3|, from lwhich are punched the louvres so that the air may pass through the slits 33 and serveas a means for heating the interior of the car. In the position shown inr Fig. 1 the ap. valve 2 3 is serving as a closure for the end of the sleeve 30 so that the hot air travels in the path of the arrows and passes through the conduit 22 into the conduit 34 from which it passes into the housing 35 mounted on the frame 38 of the windshield 3i. This housing 35is provided with partitions 38 to form the diverg'ing passageways 39 so that the hot air mayissue against the windshield 31 and serve to maintain it suiiiciently heated to prevent the accumulation `of sleet, snow and the like thereon.

'I'he partitions I8 serve as conductors to conduct heat from the manifold I I and as the `air passes through the housing I8 it becomes sumciently heated for the purposes intended.

It is thus seen that we have providedl a simple and eective means of-heating either the interior of the body of a vehicle or the windshield to prevent accumulation of foreign material thereon.

While we have illustrated and describedA the preferred forms of construction we do not wish .to limit ourselves to the precise details of structure but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a, device of the class described, a housing; Y

- a pair of conduits communicating with said housing Aand terminating at said housing; a flap valve movable into position for closing'the end of either of said conduits; means for moving said iap valve to either of said positions; a distributing housing mounted on the other end of said conduits; louvres punched 'from said distributing 4conduits and inclined downwardly so as to direct iiuid issuing therefrom in a downward direction; and a distributing housing mounted on the other end of the other of said conduits; and a, plurality of partitions in said second named distributing housing for dividing the same into a plurality of chambers. l

` CHARLES M. WENDT.

JOHN CHISHOLM. 

